; Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:19:15 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 22-11-04 (Quantae [NA]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041122122047.37ef0eec@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 22, 2004 (Rating NA) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Quantum mechanics has become quite trendy as of late. Those ; with only a layman's idea of what it is about (I am in that ; group) have given it almost a miraculous meaning. I doubt some ; way-out ideas such as the quantum world being the place where ; disembodied souls go after death, but one thing seems certain -- ; that in the quantum world that lies underneath the intuitive ; everyday world revealed by our senses, things are far different ; than they are up here. My own view is that a structure shares ; much of the nature of its building blocks, and therefore the ; objective world of material objects and energies, which is com- ; posed of quantum stuff, is not as real as it appears. This im- ; plies that, by comparison, the subjective world of thoughts and ; visions is not as unreal as it appears. My view is not scienti- ; fic -- it is not supposed to be. It is verging on mystical. ; ; I mention all this because I have named today's image "Quantae", ; which I have decided is the plural of 'quantum'. I gave it this ; name because today's marksmandel formula does nothing more than ; multiply the Mandelbrot set, and today's image is one that could ; have been found more simply and quickly with the mandel formula. ; ; To make things as interesting as possible, I set the extra para- ; meter to the integer 32767, which is as high as it can be set ; without the formula defaulting back to 1. The parent fractal ; appears as a simple blue ring. (This ring seems suspicious. It ; is most likely an artifact of the math routine.) Around the in- ; terior of the ring lie 32767 identical lobes, each one contain- ; ing all the detail of the Mandelbrot set. I chose to explore a ; lobe centered on the negative real axis. ; ; Since I found nothing new in my adventures, I could not give the ; image a rating. It will be forever unrated, a misplaced bit of ; a spurious Mandelbrot set that does not really exist. Fortu- ; nately, the unrated image renders in almost exactly one minute. ; With no rating, it has no absolute worth. ; ; The quantae may be seen by running the parameter file or by down- ; loading the completed GIF image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Sunday remained cloudy here at Fractal Central, but with a temp- ; erature of 63F 17C it was mild enough for the dynamic duo to ; enjoy the afternoon in the holly thicket at the bottom of the ; yard. I checked their whereabouts every half hour or so, and no ; unusual activity was ever apparent, so I assume they had a peace- ; ful afternoon. Only a small treat was needed in the evening to ; bring their good day to a satisfying close. Today is starting ; cloudy again, but in contrast to Sunday, rain is predicted. We ; will see how the duo makes out. ; ; My work is light enough for me to finish early this afternoon, ; so it looks like a satisfying day for me also. Until tomorrow, ; when the next FOTD appears, take care, and watch your quantum ; number. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Quantae { ; time=0:00:59.96--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=marksmandel center-mag=-1.00000650079374100/+0.000003270883578\ 03/2.892656e+010/1/-152.5/0.000111253639052073805 params=0/0/32767 float=y maxiter=1000 bailout=9 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000HpGEhEB`BAP68T8YxKUxIQwGNpEJjDFcBCY98R76\ xC5xB5xA5rA5l95g85a85W75Q6XmVShQNcMJZIEUE9PAYxsUxm\ RxgOvbLpXHiSEcMBXH8RByxTrvQlqNflL_gIUcGOZDHUBBP8zx\ quxmptikqefmaaiYYfUTbQOZMJWIESE9OAsxHnwGisFeoE`kDW\ gCScBN_AIW9ES89O7uxQgtLVhGIXBzKtlLgYLVJLIyxruxnqxk\ muhirdfoablZZiWVeSRbPO_MKXJGUFCRC8O96xu5xo5tj5oe5k\ `5fW5bQ5YL5UG5PBajz_hyYguWeqUcnSajQ_fOYbMW_JUWHSSF\ QODOLBMH5KD5I55G5zqzznzwkwrhrmemhbhc_cZXZUUUPRPFOK\ MfVGZMASEohrechXZZNUPEPFckOYfLSbIMYFrjzmgzjdzdaw__\ rVXmQVhKScFQKANDJ_uGXjDU`ARQ7OGHxzGvuFspEokDlgChbB\ eYAaT9ZP8VK7SF6OAlcRc_MVWIMSEDOAtiCkdBb`AVX9MT8DP7\ ixAWt8Ib7BRWAQUzrSzmRzZPzPN8OM8OK8OJ7NH7NF6ME6MC6M\ A5L95L7YxVTxRPsNLlKHeGDZD9S9LxQDjGDxz9fYcXl`WhYVdV\ UaSTYPSVMRRJQNGPKDOGAND7M9zxyvxspxmjwhdqbZlYTfSN`M\ HWHBQBGxEEtDDpCClBBhAAdA9`98X87T76P6oxihxcasYVlSPe\ NIZHBSBvxEPxRQxQRxPNxMKxJ } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;